July-5-2016(armax): patches moving along the Gerrit pipeline, more details in Work Items section below.

Apr-20-2016(armax): retargeted, swapped primary assignee and approver. Need nova side taken care of (e.g. for publishing information through metadata server).

Apr-4-2016(armax): Needs new assignee. Will have to assess other resources to bring this to completion.

Mar-3-2106(armax): Moved to Newton. Please ensure you re-submit spec if necessary.

Feb-23-2016(armax): patches started popping up during the month of Feb. This is still most certainly unable to complete in time for Mitaka, but depending on review bandwidth, we can at least address glaring issues. Code available below.